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Trying out Nvidia’s RTX 50 Series GPU on a Falcon Northwest gaming PC | review

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2026-03-18 11:30:00

Kelt Reeves has been creating custom gaming PCs since 1992. Before he got out of college, Reeves started Falcon Northwest in Medford, Oregon, and it’s cranking out gaming PCs with the polish of a small company. I have interviewed Reeves over the years and used a number of his machines. I saw him again on a sad occasion at the memorial service for Gordon Mah Ung, one of the original and finest gaming hardware reviewers. I tried out a Falcon Northwest machine back in 2019, and I used the Falcon

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Meta AI app ‘a privacy disaster’ as chats unknowingly made public

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-18 11:12:36

The Meta AI app has been described as “a privacy disaster,” as users unknowingly make their embarrassing questions public. One tech writer described it as like discovering your web browser history has been public all along without you knowing it … TechCrunch reports that there is an absolutely ridiculous privacy default for many users. Whether you admit to committing a crime or having a weird rash, this is a privacy nightmare. Meta does not indicate to users what their privacy settings are as

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How to download your information from Facebook

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-18 11:14:04

Once upon a time Facebook was filled with posts about the minutiae of your day and album after album of photos of just about every experience you had. By now, a lot of this media is likely hidden with the "only me" setting. But, regardless of how much you use Facebook these days, it's probably home to a lot of memories you want to hold on to — or at least have the opportunity to laugh at later. The good news is that you can download your Facebook information. You can access things such as your

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You're Getting Lazy With Your Passwords and Hackers Love It. CNET Survey Finds 49% of US Adults Have Risky Password Habits

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 11:00:00

It feels like I have a password for everything: my bank account, my Amazon Echo Show and even my Netflix app. With so many different devices and accounts, coming up with unique, strong passwords -- and remembering them -- can be overwhelming. It's tempting to get lazy and use the same password for multiple accounts. It's a relatable move, and it's one scammers are counting on. The risks of using old passwords or including personal information in a new one is a big risk to your data and identity

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Summer Blackout To-Do List: 9 Things to Keep Everyone Cool and Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 11:02:03

Climate Central reports that from 2014 to 2023, the US experienced 60% more power outages during the summer season than it did from 2000 to 2009. This can be due to the increased use of electricity for air conditioners, wildfires, severe weather and downed power lines. Being prepared for a summer blackout is especially important because, according to the US Energy Information Administration, the average blackout is over 5 hours. That means over 5 hours without air conditioning, which can lead t

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Your MacBook is getting a big upgrade. 5 best features I can't wait to use in MacOS 26

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-18 04:47:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple last week announced its latest update for MacOS 26, codenamed "Tahoe." It's full of new visual design elements like Apple's Liquid Glass design theme, better integration with the iPhone, and a more robust Spotlight feature that's better integrated with Shortcuts. The theme of all of Apple's updates this year is streamlining both the visual UI and feature sets across Apple devices, while making more apps and features available on them, punctuated by Apple Intelligence. Al

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How to clear your iPhone cache (and why you should do it before updating to iOS 26)

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-03-18 19:49:00

What is cache? Cache -- or browser cache -- is the temporary storage of website files. So, things like images, scripts, and cookies that your browser saves on your phone to make pages load faster the next time you visit. Also: How to clear your Android phone's cache and make it feel like new Over time, though, those files can add up, taking a large bite out of your device storage and slowing things down. That's why it's smart to clear your browser cache regularly. In this article, I focused o

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Will your old laptop still get security updates after this year? Check this chart

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2026-03-18 20:32:00

Marko Stojkovic/Getty Images The tech world was outraged -- outraged, I tell you! -- when Microsoft attached strict compatibility requirements to the launch of Windows 11. Those new rules meant some PCs that were only six or seven years old would be effectively abandoned, no longer eligible for security updates, and unable to upgrade to the newest OS version. And yet, as it turns out, this is just another example of Microsoft copying one of its oldest competitors. Apple's update policy for its

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Just Before Summer, Amazon Sells Out the New GoPro Hero13 Black at an All-Time Low

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-03-18 20:25:17

The GoPro Hero13 Black is the ultimate luxury in adventure cameras, having launched at the end of 2024 to great acclaim. With the summer months closing in, Amazon’s timing of this offer can’t be more perfect and provides the Hero13 Black at an all-time discounted price of $329, originally listed for $429. This is a deep discount on a camera considered as the “gold standard” for action photography and video production. See at Amazon One of the Best Amazon Deals Right Now At $329, the GoPro Her

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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

wired.com Andy Greenberg 2026-03-18 19:00:00

The Trump administration has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to carry out sweeping raids, deporting thousands of immigrants, often without due process. It has targeted left-leaning foreign students and entire universities, canceling visas and threatening to withhold federal funding. United States Supreme Court appointments from the previous Trump administration have resulted in decisions that enabled roughly half of US states to severely restrict or ban abortions. And Trump’s

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Can You Trust the Data in a Privacy-First World?

computer.org Enrique Quezada 2026-03-18 15:15:17

Online advertising powers much of the internet economy, but collecting user data across platforms raises significant privacy concerns. Researchers from TikTok Inc., Duke University, and Penn State University have developed a solution that balances measurement accuracy with privacy protection. In their paper “Click Without Compromise: Online Advertising Measurement via Per User Differential Privacy,” Yingtai Xiao, Jian Du, Shikun Zhang, Wanrong Zhang, Qian Yang, Danfeng Zhang, and Daniel Kifer i

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Apple Fitness could benefit greatly from one simple expansion

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-03-18 18:00:48

Apple has definitely built up quite a compelling ecosystem around the Apple Watch. Between all of its fitness challenges, activity rings, and competitions – Apple has certainly found a way to make exercise fun for a lot of people. The problem? Some people simply don’t like the form factor of a smartwatch. The proposal To put it short, I think Apple should allow third party health trackers to integrate with the Apple Fitness app. The catch? It’d be tied into an Apple Fitness+ subscription. App

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Solving LinkedIn Queens with APL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-17 02:09:51

Solving LinkedIn Queens with APL 14 Jun 2025 on Peter Vernigorov’s blog A couple months ago I noticed that LinkedIn now has a few simple games. They’re not much to write home about, but I really enjoy playing Queens. This week I saw two posts about solving the Queens game programmatically. Both were quite interesting to me, so I thought this was a good opportunity to also solve the game in my favourite language - APL - and share my experience. Having been using APL for Advent of Code, I wante

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Is Gravity Just Entropy Rising? Long-Shot Idea Gets Another Look

news.ycombinator.com George Musser 2026-03-18 14:36:41

Isaac Newton was never entirely happy with his law of universal gravitation. For decades after publishing it in 1687, he sought to understand how, exactly, two objects were able to pull on each other from afar. He and others came up with several mechanical models, in which gravity was not a pull, but a push. For example, space might be filled with unseen particles that bombard the objects on all sides. The object on the left absorbs the particles coming from the left, the one on the right absorb

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Here's how to keep Meta AI from sharing your prompts on Facebook, Instagram

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-03-16 16:12:44

Artificial intelligence-generated images of women kissing while mud wrestling and President Donald Trump eating poop are some of the conversations users are unknowingly sharing publicly through Meta's newly launched AI app. The company rolled out the Meta AI app in April, putting it in direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT. But the tool has recently garnered some negative publicity and sparked privacy concerns over some of the wacky — and personal — prompts being shared publicly from user ac

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How to set up a WhatsApp account without Facebook or Instagram

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-18 16:00:24

There's no shortage of reasons to stay off the Meta ecosystem, which includes Facebook and Instagram, but there are some places where WhatsApp remains the main form of text-based communication. The app is a great alternative to SMS, since it offers end-to-end encryption and was one of the go-to methods to send uncompressed photos and videos between iPhone and Android users before Apple adopted RCS. Even though Facebook, which later rebranded to Meta, acquired WhatsApp in 2014, it doesn't require

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Cyborg Embryos Offer New Insights into Brain Growth

news.ycombinator.com Charles Q. Choi 2026-03-15 05:11:17

Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders. Although the researchers reject implants in human embryos as unethical, they suggest their technology might one day help study and treat neurodevelopmental conditions in children. The stretchable technology at the core of the electrode arrays could record brain activity while remaining soft enough to accommodate the children’s growth. Recording the activity of neuron

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20 Years Ago, Batman Began a New Era of Hollywood

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-03-18 13:50:43

There are plenty of constants in popular culture, and Batman is near the top of the list. He’s everywhere in some fashion, particularly in movies, and his various cinematic versions have been significant in some way that speaks to how both the audience and Warner Bros. view the character. Of those, Batman Begins may be the most important. The first chapter of an eventual trilogy from director Christopher Nolan and writers David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan released on June 15, 2005, and marked h

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Apple introduces ASIF disk image format in macOS 26 Tahoe for faster virtual storage

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-03-18 13:33:00

What just happened? Apple's latest update for Macs, macOS 26 Tahoe, introduces a significant leap forward in disk image technology with the debut of the ASIF format – a development that could reshape how users and developers handle virtual storage on Apple silicon Macs. For years, disk images have been a staple for Mac users, enabling everything from encrypted file storage to virtual machine management. However, these images have long suffered from sluggish performance, especially when encrypti

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Sailor Snaps Photo of Black Iceberg With Dark Veins

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-18 16:00:30

"He is almost... in a diamond shape." Black Ice There's a huge black iceberg floating off the frigid coast of Northeastern Canada — and a photo of the strange structure is making waves online. As fisherman Hallur Antoniussen explained in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the bizarre berg he photographed when on an expedition 100 miles off the coast of Newfoundland appeared to be about three times larger than the others surrounding it. Shot from about 3.75 miles away wi

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I tested this affordable Garmin sports watch, and it shouldn't be this good for the price

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2026-03-18 13:00:24

ZDNET's key takeaways The Garmin Forerunner 165 is typically available for $249, with the Music model priced at $299. The watch is small and lightweight, has a vibrant AMOLED display, 19 hours of GPS battery life, and features extensive support for running. I just wish there were more sports modes. $199.99 at Garmin $191.99 at Amazon $199.99 at Crutchfield more buying choices For a limited time, Amazon has discounted the Garmin Forerunner 165 down to just $191 ($59 off), making the already af

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I tested the new Dreame X50 Ultra for months and here's my buying advice

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-03-18 13:00:25

ZDNET's key takeaways The Dreame X50 Ultra is available for $1,700, but on sale for $1,300. This is one of the best robot vacuums and mops available, with anti-tangle dual brushes, 20,000Pa of suction, and legs to cross up to 4.2cm thresholds. The Dreame X50 Ultra can get caught on obstacles and require intervention, and sometimes leaves streaks while mopping. $1,299.99 at Amazon The Dreame X50 Ultra is 24% off right now, available for $1,399 -- a $400 discount. Dreame has quickly become a p

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Text-to-LoRA: Hypernetwork that generates task-specific LLM adapters (LoRAs)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-15 05:51:10

Text-to-LoRA (T2L): Instant Transformer Adaption 🛠️ Installation Install uv if you don't have uv (see https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) With uv installed, run the following to install the dependencies. git clone https://github.com/SakanaAI/text-to-lora.git cd text-to-lora # make sure you have `uv` installed # (see https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) uv self update uv venv --python 3.10 --seed uv sync # we use the following wheel for installation #

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'Shark Week' Comes Early as 'Jaws' Turns 50. Here's Where to Watch All the Movies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 10:00:03

Somehow, five decades have passed since Steven Spielberg's Jaws chewed up the big screen. Turning the big Five-Oh is a big deal, so it's time to celebrate. The iconic movie, based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name, took style notes from Hitchcock and the grindhouse movies of the era and became the first-ever summer blockbuster. Jaws isn't a complicated movie: It tells the story of a vengeful shark and the tourist beach town of Amity Island, which it decided to terrorize. The movie sta

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Best VPN for Mac for 2025: Tested and Reviewed

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 13:00:00

Most VPN providers offer a VPN app for Mac computers, but it can be difficult to choose the right provider with so many options available. Based on our extensive research and hands-on testing of VPNs over the years, these are the most important factors to consider when choosing a VPN: Privacy The primary consideration for any VPN -- including a Mac VPN -- should be privacy. If your Mac VPN is unable to sufficiently protect your online privacy, then your VPN is useless. At a minimum, your VPN s

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Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-18 11:07:40

The Federal Aviation Administration may soon levy fees on companies seeking launch and reentry licenses, a new tack in the push to give the agency the resources it needs to keep up with the rapidly growing commercial space industry. The text of a budget reconciliation bill released by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week calls for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, known as AST, to begin charging licensing fees to space companies next year. The fees would phase in over eight year

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The Mysterious Inner Workings of Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon

wired.com Robin Andrews 2026-03-18 11:00:00

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA. The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, catching the first glimpse of active volcanism on a world other than Earth. Umbrella-shaped outbursts of magmatic matter rocketed into space from all over Io’s surface. “They looked amazingly beautiful,” said Bolton, who is now based a

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Is your phone provider’s autopay discount really worth it?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-18 15:00:14

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Autopay is easily one of the most convenient ways to pay your bills, especially if you’re like me and struggle to keep track of everything manually. Without autopay, it’s easy to accidentally miss a payment if you’re not careful. In the past, I’ve used autopay for nearly everything — from health and car insurance to utility bills, recurring entertainment subscriptions, and, of course, services like phone plans that offer discounts for autopay enrollment. Whil

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Have a damaged painting? Restore it in just hours with an AI-generated “mask”

news.ycombinator.com Jennifer Chu 2026-03-15 22:59:23

The restoration is printed on a very thin polymer film, in the form of a mask that can be aligned and adhered to an original painting. It can also be easily removed. Kachkine says that a digital file of the mask can be stored and referred to by future conservators, to see exactly what changes were made to restore the original painting. Still, there has been no way to translate digital restorations directly onto an original work, until now. In a paper appearing today in the journal Nature, Alex

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CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry Step by Step Guide

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-14 17:42:50

In the fast-paced world of CI/CD, understanding the performance and behaviour of your pipelines is crucial. GitHub Actions has become a popular choice for automating builds and deployments, but anyone who's debugged a flaky workflow or long-running job knows how challenging it can be to get visibility into what's happening under the hood. We usually rely on build logs, timing data, or guesswork when something goes wrong. Wouldn't it be nice to trace a pipeline run step-by-step, or have metrics o

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